Hallowee SALE!!

Zombies, Skulls and Monsters have been drastically reduced in price! $9 alone and as low as $4 with automatic combined discounts...

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=8135871§ion_id=6521233

Included are the ENTIRE zombie family, all priced at either $9, $10 or $11, os $4, $5 and $6 when purchased with ANY other carving.

Free Shipping as always.

Cailleach na Sióg

That's the title of my new Burl carving. "Cailleach na Siog" means "Old woman of the fairy mounds". A Banshee(bean si). Ancient and wise, foreseers of, among other things, death. Superstitious people in Ireland would dread the mourning wail of the Bean Si, for it foretold the death of someone nearby. This one's not wailing though, so don't worry. :D The Bean Si wail only happened to be one of the more popularized myths surrounding the Si, or 'fairies'. Their lore spans the realms of emotions and intuitions.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33086639

Monster Etsy!

I'm now a member of the Monster Etsy Team! Check out the team profile at:
http://team.etsy.com/profilest/monster.shtml


The Team blog:
http://monsteretsy.blogspot.com/Still trying to figure out how I post to that blog. It's not shoing up on my dashboard yet.

Lots of cool stuff to be had from all the other team members.

Long weekend with no updates...

Sorry 'bout that folks. Didn't go anywhere terribly exciting, but I did get quite a bit done, as you've surely noticed if you follow my Etsy shop.

I had been racking my brain lately trying to come up with something I could offer for a much lower price than what I had on offer up until this weekend. It would have to be something I could carve relatively quickly. Filing and sanding would be out of the question. It would have to be smaller than my less inexpensive carvings. It would have to be something i could do over and over again, yet still be unique and different every time. Up until Friday, the lowest full price carving I was offering was $45. I was getting lot's of compliments on them, but $50 - $100 + is understandably a big leap of faith on the customers part.

With Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos/Samhain approaching, I've had monsters and skeletons and zombies on my mind as of late. So, naturally, my solution to my pricing dilemma currently comes in the form of..... Monsters, Skulls and Zombies. Little ones to be more specific.

Here's a quick preview of the little creepies that have been sneaking and creeping around my shop the past few days. they can be seen in much more detail here: http://seangrady.etsy.com

Photos will link to my flickr account, via the rules. Click on the description below to go to the items Etsy page.

Pretty Pink, a cute little, freckle faced, one horned, smiling monster for only $25



A Dia De Los Muertes skull for only $25


A horde of tiny skulls, a ghost and a zombie, priced $12 - $15.







Nobody seems to love Spinky the Shocklops as much as I do....


And just to make my Mom happy, I finished and uploaded another Santa.


I appreciate any and all feedback on these and any of my carvings. Good is great, but I would especially like to hear some honest constructive and even negative criticism beyond my wonderful Mother telling me I should stop this nonsense and only carve Santas... If you don't tell me what you want to see, it'll take me a lot longer to figure it out through trial and error.

Oh but that's not all! I know, you were really hoping this was over, but bear with me...

My painted carving Huck got a little recognition this weekend when he was selected as a Moderators Choice on the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Art website Elfwood. It's nice to get some recognition on that piece considering how much time went into the carving and especially the painting of him.

ok, you're free to go!

Shocklops and a mini.

Spent part of the morning stippling the hell out of this creature, which I'm calling Spinky the Shocklops. I originally intended to do a few swirls and highlights via pointillism, ended up with about a dozen layers of a dozen colors over the entire carved portion. Some progress photos of the process can be seen on my flickr account. This will go onto my ETSY account once it's been sealed and finished and prepped for hanging.


I've been trying to figure out ways to provide low price mini carvings as a way to get 'em out there to people who can't necessarily justify spending $50 - $100+ on one. So last night I went through some of the thumb sized scraps i have from a piece i'm currently working on, and quick knocked out a little mini ghost skull(halloween is approaching). It'll probably get a hole through the top, a piece of hemp twine, and run in the $5 range. I'll be doing more here and there, and different themes. Some will end up on ETSY, others will go with me to festivals and fairs.

monster, unnamed

Alaskan cottonwood bark. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and hand painted. Finished with a coat of polycrylic before and after painting.

Dimensions:

H: @ 11" high
W: @ 4" wide
T: @ 3" thick

Available at http://seangrady.etsy.com

untitled

I put a pre-paint, post-carve photo of this guy up here a few days ago, scroll down to see it. Still in need of a few finishing touches, but no major appearance changes. It'll be on http://seangrady.etsy.com by midnight Alaska time tonight.

Huck

click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.


Alaskan cottonwood bark. Hanging. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and painted with acrylic. Finished with a coat of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = @ 9 1/4" high
W = @ 4" wide
T = @ 2" thick

available at http://SeanGrady.etsy.com

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Red Devil

outside


inside

click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.


Alaskan cottonwood bark. Hanging. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and painted with acrylic. Finished with a coat of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = @ 10" high(including horns)
W = @ 4" wide
T = @ 1 1/2" thick

available at http://SeanGrady.etsy.com

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com

Little Monster.

click on image for a larger photo. you will be taken to my flickr account.


Alaskan cottonwood bark. Freestanding. Entirely hand carved, hand sanded and finished with 3 coats of polycrylic.

dimensions:
H = 5 3/4" high
W = @ 4" wide
T = @ 2" thick

SOLD!!! at the Make It Alaskan Festival

email for more info or to purchase: an.rothar.donn@gmail.com